While Last Tango In Halifax is still beautifully acted, with moments of sharp truth, there were moments on its return when it was dancing too fast for its own good.

Keith Watson, Metro, 20th November 2013

Review - Jane Bussmann: Bono and Geldof Are C***s

Impassioned parody lecture about the poverty industry makes you laugh and think.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th November 2013

Review - Last Tango in Halifax, series two

Sally Wainwright's story of septuagenarian love continues with quietly smouldering passion.

Tom Birchenough, The Arts Desk, 20th November 2013

Alex Horne debunks London myths

As he brings his deception-heavy show Lies to the capital, award-winning stand-up Alex Horne reveals the 'truth' behind London's biggest myths.

Alex Horne, Time Out, 20th November 2013

Opinion: Tunnel visions

Thanks to Nick Revell pointing them out on Twitter, I've been enjoying wading through some lovely old comedy pictures from the mid-1980s taken by Bill Alford. It is appropriate that they come from Malcolm Hardee's Tunnel Club because to me they feel like an episode of Time Tunnel.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th November 2013

Simon Pegg returning for 'Mission: Impossible 5'

Simon Pegg will return for Mission: Impossible 5. The actor has confirmed that he will reprise his role of tech specialist Benji Dunn alongside Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt.

Hugh Armitage, Digital Spy, 20th November 2013

Plots - Should they be serious or funny?

On Series 2 of Bluestone 42, Richard and I spent months thinking up. researching and sifting stories, finding funny moments, beats and lines, and then making sure each story, beat and moment was underpinned with truth and logic.

James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 20th November 2013

Review: Jane Bussmann

In Bono And Geldolf Are C*nts, Jane Bussmann rattles a hornets' nest of patronising Western complacency that almost certainly need to be rattled.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th November 2013

Interview: Alan Davies

Alan Davies has returned to his stand-up roots, with his first live comedy tour in ten years.

STV, 20th November 2013

Last Tango in Halifax returns with nearly 6m on BBC One

Last Tango in Halifax returned for a new series with just under 6 million on Tuesday, according to overnight data.

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 20th November 2013

Tom Stade: My comedy hero... my father

"A lot of people think that my comedy hero is a comedian, but my comedy hero is actually a comedy fan - my father."

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 20th November 2013

Review: Stewart Lee, Much A-Stew About Nothing

It would, of course, be delusional to conclude he'd taken on board what I said but I found it interesting that he had moved the most audience-testing section to the end of the evening and didn't refer to the crowd using four-letter words.

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 20th November 2013

TV preview: Backchat, BBC3

It all works very nicely and while it will do Jack Whitehall's career no harm whatsoever it will also probably work wonders for his father, much in the same way that Harry Enfield's father Edward build up quite a head of steam out of being an irascible old arse when Harry Enfield made it big.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th November 2013

Review: Eric and Little Ern

It's hard not to warm to the sweet silliness of Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens's tribute to Morecambe and Wise.

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 20th November 2013

David Mitchell attacks David Starkey in new series

The new series of That Mitchell and Webb Sound lambasts the TV historian six months after he was rude to Mitchell's wife Victoria Coren on Question Time.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 20th November 2013

Backchat, episode one, BBC Three - review

Jack Whitehall and his father Michael's BBC Three series is a Whitehall farce that's surprisingly funny.

Jake Wallis Simons, The Telegraph, 20th November 2013

Jack Whitehall reveals what his dad is really like

All-conquering comedian Jack Whitehall doesn't really need to bond further with his dad, Michael. As fathers and sons go, they're cool, as in warm.

Alan Franks, Radio Times, 20th November 2013

Him & Her preview

I've said it before, but it's worth saying again, Him & Her is one of the best (and most under-rated) sitcoms of recent times.

Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 20th November 2013

How Jack Whitehall saved Never Mind The Buzzcocks

It's fair to say that Jack Whitehall is having a moment. As well as Fresh Meat, Bad Education and his new Backchat series co-hosted with his dad, Jack Whitehall was the latest host on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on Monday. And a fine job he did, too.

Charlotte Gunnell, Metro, 20th November 2013

Jack Whitehall and his dad provide big laughs

Overall, I have to say that I rather enjoyed Backchat and it definitely provoked a lot of laughter from yours truly.

Unreality TV, 20th November 2013

Misfits Series 5 Episode 5 review

The strongest episode Misfits has created in quite some time. With Finn and Leah, and Rudy and Jess coupled up, it turns out that it is possible to find love through the Internet.

Rob Smedley, Cult Box, 20th November 2013

Top 10 surreal comedies

There's just no logic behind surreal comedy. The more bizarre and ridiculous, the funnier it is. From Blue Meanies to talking monkeys, here's our top 10 of total and utter nonsense.

UKTV, 20th November 2013

Gina McKee interview

Hebburn star Gina McKee, 49, talks punk clothing, 25 years of marriage and the striking contrast between her childhood and a life on stage.

Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 20th November 2013

Radio Times review

The thinness of the series' premise is exposed in this week's two stories. It's always a delight listening to Rebecca Front and Kevin Eldon weaving their magic in the reader's chair, but their tales aren't particularly inspiring. Toby Davies's story of what happens when a writer of erotic thrillers finds a lost Shakespearean manuscript in his attic feels forced, while Eldon's parable about gratitude plays like a menacing Mr Men and is graced by a performance by The Thick of It's Alex Macqueen - the very personification of Mr Uppity.

Gill Crawford, Radio Times, 20th November 2013

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Hard To Tell

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All At Sea

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Tom's father is engrossed in putting together the Wrigglesworth family tree, which is leaving Tom's mother at a loose end. Tom suggests she gets in a lodger for company.